Retrieve NPS campground details (site counts, reservation info, amenities) for a park unit via the NPS Data API's Campgrounds endpoint.

domain: developer.nps.gov · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps

  1. Sign up for a free 40-character NPS API key at nps.gov/subjects/developer
  2. Call GET https://developer.nps.gov/api/v1/campgrounds?parkCode={code} for one or more park codes
  3. Parse campsite type counts, reservation info, and amenity fields from the response
  4. Resolve parkCode via the Parks endpoint first if you only have a park name
  5. Cache results since NPS refreshes most data on roughly a 2-hour interval, not real-time

Known gotchas

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